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Show I I Hg SUMMER THEATRES Hi I II : f Tho Orphoum Siock company Is win-! win-! nlng now raurols In tho society drama, 1 "Tho Charity Ball." Incidentally, also, tho ladles aro showing Bomo stunning costumes and tho men talking glibly of j millions, for tho play is frenzied llnauco dressed In swallow-tall coats and dress-j dress-j maker creations. Manager MacLean S Is using tho birch of rehearsals, over 1 tho dramatic backs of his company to j good ndvantago thoy have been whlp-jj whlp-jj ped Into splendid ensemble work. It Is a growing pleasure to watch tho in-f in-f dividual members or tho cast, realizing jj that thoy aro tho necessary units In a dramatic entity. As a rulo too llttlo Importanco Is paid to this desirable j condition. Mr. MacLcan, however, ! seemed endowed with tho very genius , of It, as wns Frawioy in tho early uays I of tho Grand. Tho now members, add-I add-I ed to tho company this week, have al- ready fallen Into cho hands of genor-i genor-i ous friends If one may pin his faith : to tho applauso which has greeted them from tho first. Miss Grcsham i as Phylls Leo is doing hor actress be3t i and quite successfully to enlarge tho sympathy ot a sympathetic part. H J Miss Pearl anydor, also a now re- H emit, as tho dashing widow Is happily H cast In a part whlcu owes much to H personality. Horschol Mayall has a H i chanco to exploit his vclvoty voice as H i tho clergyman although tho role gives H ' no opportunity for virility and roman- Hj tic acting such as tires the heart of tho Hj matinee girl. H i Tho really strong role of tho play is "Dick Van Buron," who, Atlas like, Is H 1 trying to carry upon the shoulders ot H an invalid tho bunions of Wall street. H As "Dick Van Buren," however, Mr. H i.iacLcan Is rai.or moro forceful than HJ convincing. However, tho quarrel HJ ' scene In tho library with his brother Is HJ so cleverly unndlcd as to show that he H j has amplo capacity to project his work H over tho footlights. H Miss fatuart's "Ann Cruger" Is arlV H tic from first to last. All tho omotional H lights and shades aro drawn with deft- 1 ness and skill other praise would bo HJ fulsomo flattery. H Mr. Roach out-bustcrs oven (ho bus- H toring Judgo Knox which ho nssumcs, H f- although displaying infectious humor. j Mabel Florence and Gus Mortimer aro H ! uollghtful in their fencing scenes with Cupid. H But, Mabel, postivcly infectious ns H , aro your brightness and gaiety, you HJ must really apply tho air-brake to your H voice. And you too, Gus, bright, clover H follow that you aro, please don't run H your words together so much. Other- HJ wlso both of you aro ns absolutely HJ taking as any two members of a stock HJ company over seen In old Salt Lake. H Manager Guinoy, whoso knees have H been burled in tho mud prnylng foi H sunshlno and clear weather, showed us that ho Knows when to put on his thea-H thea-H tro gum-boots and go out for business. H It was a wise move, taking his merry HI company from Casino park to the Salt HI Lake thcatro on Decoration day. Tho HI company showed up well, too, on tho HJ big, aristocratic stage of tho house up HP town. HI As soon as theso umbrella days are H ovor and tho llrst touch of warmth gets HJj Into tho nlr, about everybody will got H , tho Casino habit. Tho town has al- Hf ready demonstrated Its appreciation of HJ ZIon's merry markers, when, a little H while ago, it mistook a few warm oven H i Ings for tho real thing in June. Mr. H ' Gulney should not get discouraged bo- HJ cause tho weather has been noting so HJ , out of season and reason. There aro Hi some good, not nights coming our way HJ old Doc. Hyai. can't stop 'om. And H then tho ticket sellers at Casino park H will havo to earn their wages by tho H sweat of their brows. i Cheer up, Mr. Gulney. Cheer up, you glrly chorus girls, tho Front Row club Is only waiting a chanco to prove Its loyalty. Ticket Buyer: Is this Casino park? Mr. Gulney: Yes, sir, although wo aro thinking of calling It Venice park. Suppressed laughter from tho gondolas gondo-las and .Tapancso lanterns Inside the grounds. & J Llttlo Salllo Fisher, fresh from hor oporatlc triumphs In tho osat, Is homo llko a good girl. I saw Miss Fisher fishing In tho local Ilialto, tho other day. This Is no joke tho water was deep enough. At tho Orphoum next week, "Old Heidelberg" tho play thnt made Mansfield famous. Mr. Carr lined up his bunch of merry-makers at the Salt Palace theatre on Decoration day. The company HhHHHH WHHBHlHHHSn H ROY CLEMENTS New Juvenile Lead with the Orpheum Stock Company contains ovor twenty people mostly girls and they intend giving the biggest big-gest ever for tho price of admission. Tho prettiest summer theatre In tho world tho Salt Palace ought to bo a winner. They're off at tho Lyric. Ten twenty thirty , is cheap amusement and tho kind promised at tho Lyric Is to bo tho best. At tho Grand this week tho box-ofllco has put In several nights working overtime. Thp Ethel Tucker Stock company scorns to havo caught on. Casino park Is ope. nw all right, and "Tho Mascot" Is aklng an operatic ope-ratic hit. THE USHER. Possibly no playwright In America has gained tho lovo of the amusement-loving amusement-loving public and held It moro than Augustus Thomas. He has written moro big successes than any other American writer, and "Alabama" Is universally acknowledged to bo his masterpiece. "Alabama" was lirSt produced at tho Madison Square theatre, thea-tre, New York, April 1, 18U0, with such great players In tho cast as J. H. Stoddard, Stod-dard, Maurice Barrymore, E. H. Holland, Hol-land, Henry Woodruff, Reub Fox, and Chas. L. Harris. It instantly sprang Into public favor and was the talk of the country for months. The high royalties roy-alties have stopped honest managers from playing It to death, and It Is over fresh for stock work. In tho hands of the excellent Orpheum stock company It should delight the patrons of this pretty llttlo theatre. Mr. May-all May-all will play the part of Capt. Davenport, Daven-port, mado famous by tho late Maurice Barrymore. Tho part will give him a better chanco to display his heroic style of acting than did the quiet minister minis-ter In "Tho Charity Ball." P. G. Mac-Lean Mac-Lean will play tho famous part of Col. Moberly, and as ho was born and reared in Virginia he should bo a master mas-ter of the soft Southern vernacular that makes every one admire Moberly and his "Mrs. Page, I kiss your hand." Miss Stuart will play Mrs. Page, tho sweet Southern woman everyone loves. Gua Mortimer, tho clover comedian, will clip a few scoro years off his ago and appear as a boy of fourteen In short pants. Miss Florence, tho dainty llttlo soubrette, will bo given another splendid opportunity, as also will Zolby Roach. After a rest of ono week, Rob-ert Rob-ert Barratt will return to tho company and appear in the good character part of Colonel Preston. The balance of the company, Including Luke Cosgrove, is well cast. Special scenery will be painted for this production and no pains will be spared to make "Alabama" "Ala-bama" tho best presentation 'yet given by tho popular stock company. |